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it's not all bad news for governor romney. in florida, if you look at older voters, they tend to be more reliable. these are voters 50 and older. 54% support governor romney on taxes and 42% for president obama. so jobs is a number one, but taxes a subset, at the moment, advantage to the president. >> governor romney has been criticized for not laying out enough specifics in the tax plan, particularly what loopholes he would close to cut taxes for the wealthy by 20%. how has the campaign been responding to that? >> mitt romney has suggested on a number of occasions that he would limit some of the mortgage deductions nor high end earners and close some loopholes, but he's not specified as to how he would exactly do all of that. so you're right, he has said these things and his campaign has not filled in the blanks. over the weekend, paul ryan said something interesting. he gave unexplanation, that is they want to do to the congress in a romney administration and present a frame work for lawmakers to come up with a plan to adher
it's not all bad news for governor romney. in florida, if you look at older voters, they tend to be more reliable. these are voters 50 and older. 54% support governor romney on taxes and 42% for president obama. so jobs is a number one, but taxes a subset, at the moment, advantage to the president. >> governor romney has been criticized for not laying out enough specifics in the tax plan, particularly what loopholes he would close to cut taxes for the wealthy by 20%. how has the campaign...
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deficits into commanding romney leads. the idea behind is it simple. all polls base the outcome on what pollsters believe the electorate will look like, how many democrats versus how many republicans they think will actually turn out. getting that partisan makeup wrong can tilt the predictions. the people that don't believe the polls say this time, pollsters think the 2012 electorate will look a lot like 2008 and this they say is wrong. notice i said this time. back in 2004, democrats complained that the polls which showed george w. bush leading were overestimating the number of republicans who would vote. they were wrong. the polls were right. in 2000, al gore said don't believe the polls, polls showed him losing narrowly. polls were right. in fact, it's hard to find an example of the polls on average getting it wrong unless you go back to 1948, when they predicted thomas dewey defeated president harry truman. cnn political contributor ari fleischer joins us. he's an occasionally unpaid communications advisor for the romn
deficits into commanding romney leads. the idea behind is it simple. all polls base the outcome on what pollsters believe the electorate will look like, how many democrats versus how many republicans they think will actually turn out. getting that partisan makeup wrong can tilt the predictions. the people that don't believe the polls say this time, pollsters think the 2012 electorate will look a lot like 2008 and this they say is wrong. notice i said this time. back in 2004, democrats...
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it became an issue with romney taking strong exception to a spanish language ad by gingrich calling romney the most anti-immigrant candidate. >> is he still the most anti-immigrant? >> i think so. >> senator rubio came to my defense. i'm not anti-imgrnlt. my father was born in mexico. my wife's father was born in wales, they came to this country. i'm glak that marco rubio called you out on it, i think you should apologize for it. >> romney is running a spanish ad of his own accusing gingrich of calling spanish the language of the ghetto. he didn't mention spanish by nade name. romney said he wasn't aware of the ad, his own ad. a few minutes later, wolf set the record straight. >> we did double check, that governor we talked about where i quoted you as saying gingrich called spanish the language of the ghetto. it is one of your ads. it's running here on florida and in the radio, and at the end, you say i'm mitt romney and i approve this ad. >> let me ask a question. >> he asked whether or not gingrich in fact did say that and said we should check the record. we did. john, gloria, david, ari
it became an issue with romney taking strong exception to a spanish language ad by gingrich calling romney the most anti-immigrant candidate. >> is he still the most anti-immigrant? >> i think so. >> senator rubio came to my defense. i'm not anti-imgrnlt. my father was born in mexico. my wife's father was born in wales, they came to this country. i'm glak that marco rubio called you out on it, i think you should apologize for it. >> romney is running a spanish ad of his...
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romney when asked specifics wednesday night. president obama may get tough questions about how the white house has handled the aftermath of the libya killings. listen to senior campaign advisor david axelrod on "state of the union" with candy crowley. >> the president called it an act of terror the day after it happened but when you're the responsible party, when you're the administration, you have a responsibility to act on what you know and what the intelligence community believes. this is being thoroughly investigated. >> he's saying president obama as early as the morning after the attacks in benghazi identified the killings as an act of terror. in that rose garden speech that he's referring to, however, the president only mentions the word terror once, and it wasn't until the end of that speech. also, it comes after the president speaks in broad terms, mentioning 9/11 and the wars in iraq and afghanistan. you can decide for yourself if his one use of that word terror is directly defining what happened in benghazi. listen. >
romney when asked specifics wednesday night. president obama may get tough questions about how the white house has handled the aftermath of the libya killings. listen to senior campaign advisor david axelrod on "state of the union" with candy crowley. >> the president called it an act of terror the day after it happened but when you're the responsible party, when you're the administration, you have a responsibility to act on what you know and what the intelligence community...
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also, governor romney. we'll bring it to you live when it happens. >>> you're looking at a live shot of the rally in des moines where president obama just moments from now will wrap up the last campaign of his political career. he'll spend election day tomorrow in chicago, playing basketball of other things as we just learned. michelle obama is with him in des moines, so is bruce springsteen. it is the third state they visited today. we're waiting for president obama to take the stage any moment. we'll bring that to you live. as well as governor romney when he takes the stage at his rally tonight. voter turnout could be affected by the states hit hardest by the storm sandy. one week ago tonight, sandy knocked out power in the northeast. about a million people in the region are still waiting for power. thousands have been displaced from their homes. probably tens of thousands. the loss and damage sandy left in its wake is immense. its affects still unfolding. tomorrow, secretary of homeland security janet na
also, governor romney. we'll bring it to you live when it happens. >>> you're looking at a live shot of the rally in des moines where president obama just moments from now will wrap up the last campaign of his political career. he'll spend election day tomorrow in chicago, playing basketball of other things as we just learned. michelle obama is with him in des moines, so is bruce springsteen. it is the third state they visited today. we're waiting for president obama to take the stage...
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governor romney is the challenger. he has to step across the commander in chief threshold, if you will, on a number of issues. how much time does he want to spend around the world and how much does he want to try to narrow in to get some advantage out of benghazi? >> well, it's not to get advantage out of benghazi, john. but the fact of the matter is, benghazi was the first successful terrorist attack on our country since september 11th, 2001. and we as a country have an obligation to figure out how and why it happened. after all, our embassies and our consulates around the world are built like forts. they're built like forts because we know they're targets. how in the case of benghazi was america struck? there were security failures, there were blunders made. who, why, how. all of this is vital to making sure we learn so it doesn't happen again. now, in the handling of it and the explanation for it, this administration was terribly ham-handed. it really looked to me as if for political reasons they did not want to ind
governor romney is the challenger. he has to step across the commander in chief threshold, if you will, on a number of issues. how much time does he want to spend around the world and how much does he want to try to narrow in to get some advantage out of benghazi? >> well, it's not to get advantage out of benghazi, john. but the fact of the matter is, benghazi was the first successful terrorist attack on our country since september 11th, 2001. and we as a country have an obligation to...
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isn't romney's record fair game? >> i hope they continue to go after bain and i hope they do it through november because i have a feeling it will continue to backfire. i think that's one of the reasons so many democrats are uneasy with the attacks. and certainly when you look what mitt romney said, he actually has said very balanced statement. he said some of the investments made were successful and made money and created jobs. others didn't. >> he said 100,000 jobs -- >> romney has made that balanced statement about it. and what's really wrong about the ads while it's certainly fair game to talk about what people did in their living, he have gone from bain. he was gone from both the companies that they have attacked him for years before the companies went bankrupt. so even if you think bankruptcy in itself is disqualifying in the private sector, mitt romney was no longer part of the company. >> but ari, he said he helped to create 100,000 jobs and that math is kind of fuzzy. he does walk away from things at bain tha
isn't romney's record fair game? >> i hope they continue to go after bain and i hope they do it through november because i have a feeling it will continue to backfire. i think that's one of the reasons so many democrats are uneasy with the attacks. and certainly when you look what mitt romney said, he actually has said very balanced statement. he said some of the investments made were successful and made money and created jobs. others didn't. >> he said 100,000 jobs -- >>...
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disappointing numbers for romney. here's the question, throughout this process, is he emerging as a weaker or stronger candidate? >> i'll answer that in just a second. first, this saddens me, wolf, when people talk about americans being radicals. we can have political differences left and right, conservative or liberal, i don't call anybody a radical on left. i never used that for barack obama. we're a country that's starting to fray at the seams instead of coming together. we should be cautious of the words we use. >> let me let cornell respond to that. you want to respond to that? >> i responded to him. so we're even. >> well, you know, when you look at some of the policies that are being put forth by ryan plan, that really does away with medicare as we know it, something that our seniors have been looking, depending on for years. i would argue that's radical when you try to give powerback to wall street to write their own rules and do the exact same things that got us into that mess. some of us say that's radical.
disappointing numbers for romney. here's the question, throughout this process, is he emerging as a weaker or stronger candidate? >> i'll answer that in just a second. first, this saddens me, wolf, when people talk about americans being radicals. we can have political differences left and right, conservative or liberal, i don't call anybody a radical on left. i never used that for barack obama. we're a country that's starting to fray at the seams instead of coming together. we should be...
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governor romney would take a different approach. he would repeal those protections. >> you're not answering the question. i'm trying to figure out what's different between bain an the experience of private equity firms the president is taking money from. >> we never got a question for that. hopefully we'll get answers from james carville and ari fleischer. president obama said this is not a distraction, it's going to be the center piece of the campaign, the attacks on mitt romney's record at bain and what that means, how he would govern as president. is that smart for him to double down on this, james? >> well, yeah. understand. what happened here is romney made his experience at bain central to his candidacy. he said he created jobs. he never talked about being governor of massachusetts or anything else. of course it's not an attack on private equity. it's an attack on what romney said he did. and other things happened there. i don't even understand the whining about this. romney's a man who has resources. go find people whose job
governor romney would take a different approach. he would repeal those protections. >> you're not answering the question. i'm trying to figure out what's different between bain an the experience of private equity firms the president is taking money from. >> we never got a question for that. hopefully we'll get answers from james carville and ari fleischer. president obama said this is not a distraction, it's going to be the center piece of the campaign, the attacks on mitt romney's...
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versus romney. >> totally obama versus romney. what was so interesting it me was that mitt romney's speech after wisconsin, he started talking about president obama as being out of touch. he said he was surrounded by true believers and it's easy when you travel around on air force one. you heard joe biden say and david axelrod that mitt romney is the one that is out of touch. we teed up one part of the argument that who is the person who is more out of touch with real americans and with the middle class? i think that's the beginning of another argument. >> it's fair to say the president for the next several months will try to take the high road and leave the attack dog to biden. >> he wants that presidential aura about him. that resonates with a lot of people. >> the sledge hammer and you suck it in today. you will also use the humor. that fits better. he relishes a fight. >> what did you think. he is eager for this battle because you know and demonizes that the president is now ready to defend and
versus romney. >> totally obama versus romney. what was so interesting it me was that mitt romney's speech after wisconsin, he started talking about president obama as being out of touch. he said he was surrounded by true believers and it's easy when you travel around on air force one. you heard joe biden say and david axelrod that mitt romney is the one that is out of touch. we teed up one part of the argument that who is the person who is more out of touch with real americans and with...
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the other was romney's taxzs. romney flailed around tonight. he knew the attack was coming. newt gingrich knew the attack was coming and made it an attack on the media, had the crowd applauding, they booed romney on the tax issue. >> do you think that open, the fiery moment in the debate, maybe won it for gingrich in south carolina? >> every candidate had good points tonight. there were good peaks and good valleys for all of the candidates. rick santorum probably gave out the best attack on gingrich. it's the one every behind the scenes had been whispering around, but gingrich had a good comeback and closed well on romney ffs taxes. all people are going to talk about is taxes, immigration, and gingrich's open, and that's all going to benefit him. >> the question was about gingrich's stability or riskiness. let's play that. >> grandiosity has never been a problem with newt gingrich. he handles it very, very well. that's one of the issues here, folks. a month ago, he was saying, oh, it's inevitable i'm going to win the election and i'm destined to do it. i don't want a nominee
the other was romney's taxzs. romney flailed around tonight. he knew the attack was coming. newt gingrich knew the attack was coming and made it an attack on the media, had the crowd applauding, they booed romney on the tax issue. >> do you think that open, the fiery moment in the debate, maybe won it for gingrich in south carolina? >> every candidate had good points tonight. there were good peaks and good valleys for all of the candidates. rick santorum probably gave out the best...
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a big night for mitt romney. he moved a giant step closer to becoming the republican nominee tonight. primaries were held in five states in the northeast. he's not yet captured the 1,144 delegates needed to officially clench the gop nomination. he moved much closer tonight. the speech was titled a better america begins tonight and he pointedly called the president a disappointment and said the presidency has failed. here's more of his remarks. >> for every single mom who feels heart broken when she has to explain to her kids that she needs to take a second job and won't be home as often, for grandparents who can't afford the gas to visit their grandchildren anymore, for the mom and dad who never thought they'd be on food stamps, for the small business owner, desperately cutting back just to keep the doors open one more month. to all of the thousands of good and decent americans i have met who want nothing more than a better chance, a fighting chance, to all of you, i have a simple message. hold an a little longer
a big night for mitt romney. he moved a giant step closer to becoming the republican nominee tonight. primaries were held in five states in the northeast. he's not yet captured the 1,144 delegates needed to officially clench the gop nomination. he moved much closer tonight. the speech was titled a better america begins tonight and he pointedly called the president a disappointment and said the presidency has failed. here's more of his remarks. >> for every single mom who feels heart...
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likely that ann romney will introduce governor romney. that's what she has been doing of late. obviously women a key constituency they are trying to reach out to. ann romney has been playing an increasingly visible role in the campaign in the last few weeks and months really on the campaign trail. let's listen in. >> it's so good to be here. oh. new hampshire, it's good to be here. it was just a little over a year ago that mitt and i sat down in our living room and talked about this campaign. i'll admit i was hesitant. four years ago we'd been through a tough primary and i told him i would never do this again. i was pretty emphatic. and i was pretty certain. but mitt reminded me that i said that after every pregnancy. you know, i have five sons, so that didn't work out so well. but i knew our country was in real trouble. and i knew we needed real leadership to turn things around. so i asked mitt one simple question. can you fix it? he said yes, and that's all i needed to know. i said -- i said if you can fix it, then we need to do this. and we launched this campaign a few month
likely that ann romney will introduce governor romney. that's what she has been doing of late. obviously women a key constituency they are trying to reach out to. ann romney has been playing an increasingly visible role in the campaign in the last few weeks and months really on the campaign trail. let's listen in. >> it's so good to be here. oh. new hampshire, it's good to be here. it was just a little over a year ago that mitt and i sat down in our living room and talked about this...
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and, look, this is the problem with mitt romney. kniss is the box he painted himself into, because of what you just ran. what he has said during the primaries in order to shore up his conservative base, he would veto the dream act. his long-term solution if we listen to his words during the primary, for all undocumented immigrants to self-deport. his words. he said that the draconian arizona sp-1070 law should are a model for the nation but also understand, you mentioned this as well, he can't get to the white house with at least 40% of the hispanic vote and there is no chance that he's going to be able to get anywhere near that if he doesn't soften his stance on immigration. that's going to be difficult for him, because then his conservative base will be all up in arms. >> ari, latino voters vote or more than immigration issues, but do you see problem with romney's outreach to latino voters? >> i think republicans have a problem with hispanic voters just as democrats have a problem with white voters. democrats have a problem with s
and, look, this is the problem with mitt romney. kniss is the box he painted himself into, because of what you just ran. what he has said during the primaries in order to shore up his conservative base, he would veto the dream act. his long-term solution if we listen to his words during the primary, for all undocumented immigrants to self-deport. his words. he said that the draconian arizona sp-1070 law should are a model for the nation but also understand, you mentioned this as well, he can't...
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therefore, it seems to me entirely appropriate that romney be attributed with the romney plan. ryan plan. >> ari, let's talk about those specifics. you say eight to ten years in balanced budget. when you look at the details i don't see that figure? >> roll the tapes. governor romney was asked how long it would take to balance the budget. he said he anticipated eight to ten years. i think that's aggressive when you look the budget hole we're in. in we were able to achieve 4% growth it could come into line. >> he also said he can't be scored. >> president obama and his budget, which has been scored, never, ever balances the budget. paul ryan's budget eventually comes into balance. president obama's never dozen. mitt romney if it hasn't been scored it's because he's not a senator or congressman. cbo doesn't score candidate's plan. they only score congressional plans. >> but he has said this, right. he has said it cannot be scored because the details have to be worked out with congress. he hasn't said it's not scored because i'm a candidate. >> the only thing cbo scores is legislat
therefore, it seems to me entirely appropriate that romney be attributed with the romney plan. ryan plan. >> ari, let's talk about those specifics. you say eight to ten years in balanced budget. when you look at the details i don't see that figure? >> roll the tapes. governor romney was asked how long it would take to balance the budget. he said he anticipated eight to ten years. i think that's aggressive when you look the budget hole we're in. in we were able to achieve 4% growth...
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but attacking mitt romney over it when it's not what mitt romney said. it was so unnecessary, anderson. my point is it's revealing about president obama's character. when he ran in 2008 as the post-partisan as someone who would bring us together. there is nothing post-partisan about him. if there's ever an occasion, it is the anniversary of the killing of osama bin laden. he had everything to bring us together but he chose to split us once more. >> do you buy the enhanced technique it is what critics called torture is what led to the killing of bin laden? >> i'm no expert and nor is fleischer. i did look up what one expert says at least. mark fallon who is a former special agent in charge of criminal investigation task force at guantanamo bay he said some event in water boarding years ago led to this is a disservice to our service members. a whole lot of experts. this is for the experts. the experts say that's not the case. by the way they were water boarding under bush and they did not get bin laden. those are two facts we know. bush stopped the water b
but attacking mitt romney over it when it's not what mitt romney said. it was so unnecessary, anderson. my point is it's revealing about president obama's character. when he ran in 2008 as the post-partisan as someone who would bring us together. there is nothing post-partisan about him. if there's ever an occasion, it is the anniversary of the killing of osama bin laden. he had everything to bring us together but he chose to split us once more. >> do you buy the enhanced technique it is...
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governor romney at 206 the dark red solid. the light red leaning romney. as you see, we have wisconsin tonight as leaning obama. in the exit polls tonight, ari fleischer, the voters say they are inclined at least if the election were today, president obama would have won among those who turned out by a decent margin. do we keep this light blue in your view or do you say, no, move it? >> wisconsin always was going to be a battleground state. but in 2000, george bush lost it by only 5,000 votes. it was really a tie. among 2.5 million votes cast. and in 2004, he lost it by 11,000 votes. among almost 3 million votes cast. so wisconsin is an extraordinarily close battleground state. i have a hard time seeing big labor returning to wisconsin this fall and putting in a lot of effort for obama since he didn't show up there for them this year. >> such a great point. forgive me for interrupting, but that is such a great point. go ahead. >> one other issue. i think we have to throw out the exit polls about obama/romney because this exit poll doesn't even seem to be r
governor romney at 206 the dark red solid. the light red leaning romney. as you see, we have wisconsin tonight as leaning obama. in the exit polls tonight, ari fleischer, the voters say they are inclined at least if the election were today, president obama would have won among those who turned out by a decent margin. do we keep this light blue in your view or do you say, no, move it? >> wisconsin always was going to be a battleground state. but in 2000, george bush lost it by only 5,000...
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but attacking mitt romney over it, when it's not what mitt romney said, it's so unnecessary. it's revealing about president obama's character. when he ran in 2008 as the post partis partisan, someone who would bring us together. boy did he sell us a bill of goods. there is nothing post partisan about him, if ever there's an occasion to be post partisan, it's the one-year anniversary of the killing of been been been. he had everything in his hands to bring us together. he chose instead to split us apart once more. >> do you agree that torture is what led to the killing of bin ladin? >> i'm no expert nor is fleischer, but i did look up what one expert said at least, make fallin, who is a former interrogator and special agent in charge of the criminal task force at guantanamo bay. he said, by saying some event in waterboarding years ago is a disservice to our service members. a whole lot of experts. this is all for the experts to argue. a lot of experts say that's not the case. they were waterboarding under bush, and they did not get bin ladin, those are two facts that we know.
but attacking mitt romney over it, when it's not what mitt romney said, it's so unnecessary. it's revealing about president obama's character. when he ran in 2008 as the post partis partisan, someone who would bring us together. boy did he sell us a bill of goods. there is nothing post partisan about him, if ever there's an occasion to be post partisan, it's the one-year anniversary of the killing of been been been. he had everything in his hands to bring us together. he chose instead to split...
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mitt romney is being consistent on this. in massachusetts where they had a provision that was roughly similar to that, it was called a penalty. massachusetts doesn't have the united states supreme court, which actually is a higher authority of what the federal law is. so mitt romney is being consistent in calling it a penalty just as he did in massachusetts. president obama, on the other hand, sold it to congress as a penalty and then instructed his staff to go to the supreme court and call it a tax, hence a switch at the supreme court to save the legislation. frankly actually, on the federal level, it's not a tax, it's not a law, it would have been struck down. i think what you have here is the president really trying to have it both ways and succeeding. >> bill burton, jump in on this if you would. regardless of what the law actually says, there is a lot of talk out there and sometimes it sticks rightly or wrongly and the word tax is toxic. >> if you back up and take a look at this, mitt romney and president obama have the
mitt romney is being consistent on this. in massachusetts where they had a provision that was roughly similar to that, it was called a penalty. massachusetts doesn't have the united states supreme court, which actually is a higher authority of what the federal law is. so mitt romney is being consistent in calling it a penalty just as he did in massachusetts. president obama, on the other hand, sold it to congress as a penalty and then instructed his staff to go to the supreme court and call it...
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they want to discredit romney. if you're romney, you want to make a referendum about how the economy is. we saw that election in 1980 with jimmy carter. we saw it largely in 1990 and then 2006 and 2008 with my old boss george bush and the republicans. saw it again in 2010 against president obama. that's what you look for. i think the other thing that people should look for outside the campaigns there are six more unemployment reports between now and november coming out. and there are two gdp reports about growth and the economy. those are the biggest external factors that are going to drive this election. >> bill, you're one who is looking to put ads on the air in some of the swing states. where do you think you need to put your money? i mean, what's the tightest race right now where ads could be effective? >> well, i would say two things. first, just a real quick point on what ari just said. it's interesting to have ari fleischer on because his former boss, president bush, ran a race in 2004 that was very much abo
they want to discredit romney. if you're romney, you want to make a referendum about how the economy is. we saw that election in 1980 with jimmy carter. we saw it largely in 1990 and then 2006 and 2008 with my old boss george bush and the republicans. saw it again in 2010 against president obama. that's what you look for. i think the other thing that people should look for outside the campaigns there are six more unemployment reports between now and november coming out. and there are two gdp...
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i have felt as ari felt that they went overboard in their ad going after romney. i thought they were excessive on a lot of this. it does go with the territory. what i think has been left out of the discussion and peter would be very good on this. and that is we have -- we are leaving one era where bin laden threatened us but into a new era where people say it will be more dangerous than it looks. pakistan is developing nuclear weapons every year. al qaeda is -- islamic militants are taking more political control in places like egypt. so that has all been left out of this. i do think there's been a quality about what the white house has done. saying basically we're now safe when we are not. and there is a lot out there in this new world that we really ought to be -- that's where i think the republicans ought to go. what are we going into the new world in which we're emerging. >> gloria, was this good politics? >> was what good politics? the trip? >> yes. >> well, everything is going to be seen as a political move. and given the fact that they released the web video
i have felt as ari felt that they went overboard in their ad going after romney. i thought they were excessive on a lot of this. it does go with the territory. what i think has been left out of the discussion and peter would be very good on this. and that is we have -- we are leaving one era where bin laden threatened us but into a new era where people say it will be more dangerous than it looks. pakistan is developing nuclear weapons every year. al qaeda is -- islamic militants are taking more...
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he just received a congratulatory phone call from mitt romney. he's expected to speak ahead. >>> we're waiting to hear from scott walker. the republican governor of wisconsin surviving a recall challenge. his lieutenant governor surviving as well. you see the republican celebration right there. we're waiting for scott walker to speak at any moment. 59% of the vote now counted, governor walker with 57%. and mayor barrett at 42%. the republicans doing what they need to do. governor walker above 70%. critical there. the key democratic counties in the middle of the state, madison, the capital, dane county, 65%. he needs to be about 70% in a close statewide election. so he's underperforming which is why we project the republican scott walker will win. ted rowlands is getting reaction to governor walker's win tonight. what are you hearing? >> well, john, little different story here than what you're seeing in milwaukee. people here are very upset as you could imagine here. a lot of people have poured their lives into this recall effort over the past 16
he just received a congratulatory phone call from mitt romney. he's expected to speak ahead. >>> we're waiting to hear from scott walker. the republican governor of wisconsin surviving a recall challenge. his lieutenant governor surviving as well. you see the republican celebration right there. we're waiting for scott walker to speak at any moment. 59% of the vote now counted, governor walker with 57%. and mayor barrett at 42%. the republicans doing what they need to do. governor...
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a spokesman saying it's not important for romney to win michigan and it is important for romney to win michigan. >> it does seem like the gap is closing in michigan, romney coming back up? >> i think it will be a close contest in michigan. we'll cross to what i call somewhat super tuesday, the ten states that vote on tuesday march 6th. rick santorum continues to have a lot of momentum in those states. mitt romney has a lot of steadiness but he's been eclipsed in a significant part. let me make this point about rick santorum and the in this that he says. at first glance, many do sound too inflammatory. he often makes a nuance statement such as birth control, he made the point that was a personal issue, how he views it, hen then says i voted for contraception in the past. what you have to be careful of is don't let one side make him into a caricature by distorting what he has said in these positions. there are deep nuances to social policies and also why it's so hard for politicians to talk the most intractable social policy is in america, as soon as you try, due get caricatured. rick sa
a spokesman saying it's not important for romney to win michigan and it is important for romney to win michigan. >> it does seem like the gap is closing in michigan, romney coming back up? >> i think it will be a close contest in michigan. we'll cross to what i call somewhat super tuesday, the ten states that vote on tuesday march 6th. rick santorum continues to have a lot of momentum in those states. mitt romney has a lot of steadiness but he's been eclipsed in a significant part....
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let's talk about romney. is romney a stronger candidate now or weaker candidate? >> he is weaker and he's running against a weaker president. one of the factors going on, this republican primary has not strengthened the front-runners. you can make the case it's brought them down in the favorable and unfavorable opinion ratio. the same thing happened to president obama. he began his presidency with a 10% disapproval, increased five times now, under 50% in disapproval. so his presidency hasn't served him well. the republican primary hasn't served republicans well, and the american people are in a bad mood, a surly mood about almost everybody in public life. it's a warning to everybody. >> cornell, your team certainly had a lot of fun pointing out mitt romney's weakness with the conservative base. but you look at some exit poll numbers, and he seems to be making real progress with a lot of voters. >> well, i'm going to pull a ari here and respond to ari. when you go back to 2008 and look at how the battle between hillary and then senator obama, as the process went on
let's talk about romney. is romney a stronger candidate now or weaker candidate? >> he is weaker and he's running against a weaker president. one of the factors going on, this republican primary has not strengthened the front-runners. you can make the case it's brought them down in the favorable and unfavorable opinion ratio. the same thing happened to president obama. he began his presidency with a 10% disapproval, increased five times now, under 50% in disapproval. so his presidency...
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i have felt, as ari felt, that they went overboard in their ad on going after romney. i thought they were excessive on a lot of this. but it does go with the territory. what i think has been left out of the discussion -- and peter would be very good on this -- and that is we have -- we are leaving one era where bin laden was threatening us, but we're moving into a new era that serious observers are saying, this is actually going to be more dangerous than it looks. pakistan remains volatile. it's building 12 nuclear weapons a year. you've got al qaeda -- islamic militants are taking more political control in the middle east in places like egypt. that has all been left out of this. i do think there's been a quality about what the white house has done and sort of say, well, basically, we're now safe, when we are not. and there is a lot out there in this new world that we really ought to be. that's where i think the republicans ought to go. what are we going to do about this new world into which we're emerging. >> gloria, was this good politics? >> was what good -- the tri
i have felt, as ari felt, that they went overboard in their ad on going after romney. i thought they were excessive on a lot of this. but it does go with the territory. what i think has been left out of the discussion -- and peter would be very good on this -- and that is we have -- we are leaving one era where bin laden was threatening us, but we're moving into a new era that serious observers are saying, this is actually going to be more dangerous than it looks. pakistan remains volatile....
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tax rate. >> he didn't mention mitt romney by name, but that was a point there. john king, what did you think? >> no question that the american people are going to have a very, very clear contrast this november on so many issues. the president defending his plan on raising taxes on the rich, h defended more government intervention, spending, health care law and the new flgz regulation, the dodd-frank bill passed after 2007-2008, said he will not go back repeatedly and won't go back on policy, and he said on foreign policy, america is back, and those who say otherwise don't know what they're talking about. look at any of the republican candidates running for president, and you'll hear the opposite. the american public got an idea of the clear contrast they'll have to decide in november. >> he was referring to the republican candidates when he said the interest has waned, they have no idea what they're talking wrubt. a pretty defiant president of the united states. >> and you heard him try to inoculate himself against some of the attacks republicans will lodge agai
tax rate. >> he didn't mention mitt romney by name, but that was a point there. john king, what did you think? >> no question that the american people are going to have a very, very clear contrast this november on so many issues. the president defending his plan on raising taxes on the rich, h defended more government intervention, spending, health care law and the new flgz regulation, the dodd-frank bill passed after 2007-2008, said he will not go back repeatedly and won't go back...
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mitt romney needs to win ohio to win the white house. no question about that right now, president obama with a slight lead there in battle ground ohio. that fight will continue. let's zoom to the east now. and a state that the president turned from red to blue four years ago, virginia. it's a toss-up right now. this poll right here, that's within the margin of error, but you have to say perhaps a slight advantage for president obama. and let's drop down now to the state of florida. you get a mixed picture here. a poll we received just yesterday, a quinnipiac poll had governor romney with a slight lead. look at the new numbers today, the president leading in the nbc/maris poll. why do we look at these? they factor big into the race to 270. the president has 217, those are the blue states. solid obama or leaning obama. mitt romney has about 206. those are the red states, solid or leaning republican. the yellow, those are the battlegrounds. let's say that wisconsin poll is right, that ohio poll is right and that virginia poll is right. look
mitt romney needs to win ohio to win the white house. no question about that right now, president obama with a slight lead there in battle ground ohio. that fight will continue. let's zoom to the east now. and a state that the president turned from red to blue four years ago, virginia. it's a toss-up right now. this poll right here, that's within the margin of error, but you have to say perhaps a slight advantage for president obama. and let's drop down now to the state of florida. you get a...
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the president will not mention mitt romney or newt gingrich by name. but people can basically discern he's talking about them. >> reporter: no question about it. john boehner, the house speaker said to me and a few other reporters at a breakfast said this would be a campaign speech by the president. i don't think anybody at the white house would deny that with a straight face. this is the opening salvo of the president's campaign. what you were talking about, class warfare, that is going to be from here on out, i think what we will hear about from both sides of the aisle. interestingly, talking about congress, i'm inside the chamber and have a bird's-eye view. everybody sitting here as a body has an approval rating lower than it ever has been in history of polling. the whole idea of everybody trying to work together better, that was something that really came out in a big way a year ago, wolf, when gabby giffords was shot. they treated the state of the union almost like the prom in that a republican and democrat came side by side to show bipartisan uni
the president will not mention mitt romney or newt gingrich by name. but people can basically discern he's talking about them. >> reporter: no question about it. john boehner, the house speaker said to me and a few other reporters at a breakfast said this would be a campaign speech by the president. i don't think anybody at the white house would deny that with a straight face. this is the opening salvo of the president's campaign. what you were talking about, class warfare, that is going...
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>> romney. i think romney's going to win. i think santorum may outperform his current expectation. >> but do you think his surge has stopped? >> i'm telling the people on the ground here have said who are unaffiliated. and he's weighted down by -- michele bachmann has the preachers, the new people are sticking with him to some extent. there's too many like candidates for him to exceed 20. >> you think romney in one, santorum, paul. >> romney and paul, then third santorum and perry. >> i think romney, because he can attract independents, but i think that rick perry will live to fight another day, possibly in south carolina. >> i'm the lone ranger. i think santorum's surge holds and romney will be within two points of the 25% he got four years and $20 million ago. the most expensive two points -- >> you think romney in two. >> in second place but right where he was last time, 25%. then ron paul probably 18 to 20. >> in terms of will anyone drop out after tomorrow? >> no. >> no. >> probably not. >> michele bachmann if she doesn'
>> romney. i think romney's going to win. i think santorum may outperform his current expectation. >> but do you think his surge has stopped? >> i'm telling the people on the ground here have said who are unaffiliated. and he's weighted down by -- michele bachmann has the preachers, the new people are sticking with him to some extent. there's too many like candidates for him to exceed 20. >> you think romney in one, santorum, paul. >> romney and paul, then third...
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romney was spending a lot of money. and on the personal side, spending the weekend in the hospital with his 3-year-old daughter for the second time during the campaign, it put things in perspective big time for him. >> certainly our thoughts are with her and with the family. as a democrat, would you have liked to see him stay in the race? >> sure. santorum had very little money, very little staffing. john reberger as his chief consultant, great guy. but beyond that, i don't think he even had a headquarters. headquarters was wherever his car was. he did a heck of a job in the primaries. he pointed the way for president obama. don't let him outspend you 16 to 1 which romney did. and authenticity, which santorum has in abundance and romney lacks. and second, this blue collar sensibility that even in the republican party rick santorum brought into the race, and even until wisconsin, this last major primary, romney seemed unable to get middle class or low income, even republicans, those blue collar republicans, reagan democr
romney was spending a lot of money. and on the personal side, spending the weekend in the hospital with his 3-year-old daughter for the second time during the campaign, it put things in perspective big time for him. >> certainly our thoughts are with her and with the family. as a democrat, would you have liked to see him stay in the race? >> sure. santorum had very little money, very little staffing. john reberger as his chief consultant, great guy. but beyond that, i don't think he...